A landmark case against the UK Government over the law that allows abortion up to birth for Down Syndrome will be heard at the High Court in London on 6th July [1].
The case claims the law is discriminatory against people with disabilities.
Heidi Crowter, a 25-year-old woman from Coventry who has Down Syndrome, together with Máire Lea-Wilson from Brentford, West London, whose twenty-three-month-old son Aidan has Down’s syndrome, are challenging the UK Government over a disability clause in the current law.
Heidi and her team have already crowdfunded over £80,000 for the case.
Currently in England, Wales and Scotland, there is a general 24-week time limit for abortion, but if the baby has a disability, including Down Syndrome, cleft lip and club foot, abortion is legal right up to birth.